Rebels Free 21 Hostages in Honduran Siege
Leftist guerrillas released 21 of 81 remaining captives at the Chamber of Commerce siege in San Pedro Sula and lowered their demands. Most prominent hostages including Cabinet ministers were not freed. 60 still held as mediators helped with the release.
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United States Blocks Puerto Rico Debate at United Nations
The general committee of the United Nations voted 11 to 7 with eight abstentions to keep Puerto Rico’s political status off the agenda. U S ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick warned that a debate would be interference in U S internal affairs. In El Salvador severe flooding kills 500 and leaves 30,000 homeless amid a near standstill civil war.
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Unneeded Surgery Questioned for Gallbladder Stones
A New England Journal of Medicine study on University of Michigan faculty finds gallstone operations are unnecessary unless stones cause pain. The research, mostly on white male subjects, says most people live without problems from stones and outcomes were similar for the few women studied.
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Britons Stage Massive Walkout to Support Health Workers
London reports hundreds of thousands of workers from coal to school aides joined a one day action in support of health service staff. The Trades Union Congress led the protests defying a 1980 sympathy strike ban with raucous rallies and walkouts across the country.
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